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- Protests shut Oakland port, tensions flare in streets
- Mexican mayor slain in campaign for Calderon kin
- Crisis mounts around Italy’s Berlusconi
- Hizbullah calls US racist for opposing Palestine's UNESCO membership
- Britons think their children behaving like animals, violent
- MCA HQ splashed with red paint
- Allocation of tax revenue receipts proper: BN rep
- Sime Darby, Sunway to jointly develop township in Iskandar Malaysia
- Lagos feels global growing pains
- One-fifth of Bangkok flooded: city official
- Sex harrassment 'widespread' at Australia military academy
- VIDEO: Poland pilot: I was just doing my job
- Waterlogged Thailand will struggle to prevent future floods
- China completes first space docking test
- Australia govt dismisses report of leadership threat
- EXCLUSIVE - As troops leave, US seeks custody of key Iraq detainee
- VIDEO: G20 leaders to meet amid Greek fears
- Chinese, bumi businessmen, GLCs urged to join forces
- Utusan applies to strike out Mat Sabu's suit
- Iskandar Malaysia lands RM1.8bn deal from Chinese company
| Protests shut Oakland port, tensions flare in streets Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:18 AM PDT OAKLAND, California, Nov 3 — Protesters shut down operations at Oakland's busy port and blocked traffic yesterday in demonstrations against economic inequality and police brutality that turned tense as the night wore on. The protest by some 5,000 people fell short of paralysing the northern California city that was catapulted to the forefront of ... 
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| Mexican mayor slain in campaign for Calderon kin Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:58 PM PDT MEXICO CITY, Nov 3 — A small-town Mexican mayor was shot to death yesterday while campaigning for President Felipe Calderon's sister in a governor's race for the state of Michoacan, local media and party officials said. Officials with the National Action Party (PAN), of which Calderon and his sister, Maria Luisa Calderon, are members, said the ... 
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| Crisis mounts around Italy’s Berlusconi Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:53 PM PDT ROME, Nov 3 — An emergency meeting of the Italian cabinet called to accelerate budget reforms and calm market turmoil ended late yesterday with yet more bickering among coalition partners and little progress on reforms needed to strengthen the economy. The meeting left Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with nothing concrete to take to the G20 ... 
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| Hizbullah calls US racist for opposing Palestine's UNESCO membership Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:27 AM PDT
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| Britons think their children behaving like animals, violent Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:18 AM PDT  LONDON, Nov 3: Almost half of Britons think children are violent and starting to behave like animals, a Barnado's survey has found. The children's charity says the research suggests society holds a negative view towards children despite the majority being well behaved.
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| MCA HQ splashed with red paint Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:39 AM PDT MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek has instructed the party's management to lodge a police report over the splashing of red paint on the front doors of the party's headquarters in Jalan Ampang here this morning.
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| Allocation of tax revenue receipts proper: BN rep Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:38 AM PDT An opposition assemblyman today asked the Penang government not to demand higher tax revenue receipts from the federal government.
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| Sime Darby, Sunway to jointly develop township in Iskandar Malaysia Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:38 AM PDT Conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd and Sunway Group's property division are likely to jointly develop townships in Iskandar Malaysia in Johor, industry sources said today.
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| Lagos feels global growing pains Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:35 AM PDT (Nigeria, Lagos-AFP) - The shanty town of Makoko, built partly on water in Lagos, is growing day by day. Like other areas of Nigeria's commercial capital, it is struggling to cope with a booming population. The number of people in Africa's most populous country is set to reach 400 million over the next forty years. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| One-fifth of Bangkok flooded: city official Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:29 AM PDT One fifth of Bangkok is now under water as Thailand's worst floods in half a century spread through the capital, prompting warnings for affected residents to evacuate, an official said Thursday.
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| Sex harrassment 'widespread' at Australia military academy Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:26 AM PDT A review into the treatment of women at Australia's premier military college on Thursday reported "widespread low-level sexual harrassment" after a scandal over an Internet sex broadcast.
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| VIDEO: Poland pilot: I was just doing my job Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:20 AM PDT A pilot who was forced to made an emergency landing after the landing gear failed on a Boeing 767 has played down the incident, saying that he was just doing his job.
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| Waterlogged Thailand will struggle to prevent future floods Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:23 AM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - As waterlogged Thailand struggles to contain the worst floods in decades, it faces a simple truth: not a whole lot can be done to avoid a repeat disaster in the short term even with a new multi-billion dollar water-management policy.
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| China completes first space docking test Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:23 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China successfully carried out its first docking exercise on Thursday between two unmanned spacecraft, a key test of the rising power's plans to secure a long-term manned foothold in space.
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| Australia govt dismisses report of leadership threat Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:49 PM PDT CANBERRA (Reuters) - Senior Australian government ministers denied a political challenge against Prime Minister Julia Gillard could be imminent after a newspaper on Thursday said former leader Kevin Rudd was being urged to move against her within weeks.
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| EXCLUSIVE - As troops leave, US seeks custody of key Iraq detainee Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:49 PM PDT WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - With less than 60 days before the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, the United States is quietly seeking to keep custody of its highest profile detainee there, U.S. and Iraqi officials say.
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| VIDEO: G20 leaders to meet amid Greek fears Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:42 PM PDT The G20 leaders are due to meet in France amid concerns the eurozone's debt crisis may be worsening.
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| Chinese, bumi businessmen, GLCs urged to join forces Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:30 PM PDT Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has urged the local Chinese business community to continue to be partners in developing Malaysia and invest in the domestic economy.
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| Utusan applies to strike out Mat Sabu's suit Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:29 PM PDT The High Court here today set Nov 23 to hear an application by the editor-in-chief of the Utusan Group and Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Berhad to strike out a suit filed by Pas deputy president Mohamad Sabu over the publication of an article on the Bukit Kepong communist issue.
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| Iskandar Malaysia lands RM1.8bn deal from Chinese company Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:28 PM PDT Iskandar Investment Bhd, the catalytic project developer of Iskandar Malaysia, has secured a RM1.8 billion real estate investment from China-based company, Qingdao Zhouyuan Investment Holdings.
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BEIRUT, Nov 3: Lebanon's Hizbullah congratulated the Palestinians on winning UNESCO membership, slamming the United States as "racist" over its decision to vote against the move.| You are subscribed to email updates from "World" via xBlog® in Google Reader To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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